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Vendor Risk: Lessons from the Anthropic Mythos Breach
On the morning Anthropic launched Mythos, one of the most advanced artifical intelligent (AI) coding models released to date, reporting suggests a private Discord group was already inside. They...
Higher Education Price Index Forecast May 2026
According to Commonfund Institute's latest update, HEPI forecasts a 3.6 percent inflation rate for U.S. colleges and universities in fiscal year 2026. The latest forecast, based on data through May... Learn More
A Closer Look at Higher Education Endowments Less Often in the Spotlight
Earlier this year, Commonfund, in partnership with the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO), released the 2024 NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments (NCSE, or,...
Understanding the Private Equity Secondaries Market
This Commonfund Institute Online video explores the evolving landscape of the private equity secondaries market, focusing on both Limited Partner (LP)- and General Partner (GP)-led transactions.
Understanding Private Equity Investing in Natural Resources
Private natural resources investing can cover a range of market segments including upstream oil & gas, mining & minerals, agriculture, and timber. This investment approach can also target...
AI is Redefining How Startups Scale
Advancements in generative Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) and large language models are enabling early-stage companies to scale faster than ever before. Venture investors who can identify and access...
More Than Multiples: Understanding the Broader Drivers of Equity Valuations
The S&P 500 has produced a ~25 percent annualized return for the three successive years ending September 2025, a banner period of performance.
Unconventional Thinking – A Reset of the Investment Opportunity in Upstream Energy
Step back in time a little over a decade ago to 2014 and recall the state of the global economy. Five years earlier, global GDP had experienced a significant contraction in the wake of the Global...
A Closer Look at Private Family Foundations
Commonfund, in partnership with the Council on Foundations (COF), recently released the 2024 Council on Foundations-Commonfund Study of Investment of Endowments for Private and Community Foundations...
Purpose-Driven Governance in the Nonprofit Sector
Join host George Suttles, Executive Director of Commonfund Institute in this episode of "Espresso Chats," a series by the Commonfund Institute serving up strong, short shots of governance and...
Four Takeaways from the 2025 Nest Climate Campus Event
At this year’s Nest Climate Campus event, held September 23-25, 2025, during NYC’s Climate Week, the conversation around climate shifted—from ideals to execution, and from rhetoric to financial and...
What a Government Shutdown Means for the Nonprofit Sector: Why It Matters to Boards
At midnight on October 1st, the U.S. government shut down after Congress failed to pass a short-term funding bill. The shutdown is a culmination of contentious policy differences between Republicans...
Commonfund Holds Third Convening for Foundations that Support Higher Education
Last month, Commonfund hosted its third Commonfund Convenes event dedicated to advancement of investment knowledge for institutionally-related foundations (IRFs). The latest workshop focused...
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